Skyrim is one of those Really big, Big, BIG!!! video games. If you do the potato chip and beer thing when you get a new video game, You going to dehydrate and starve to death before you scratch the size of this game.

I have never been much of an RPG gamer. Mass Effect and Fable seem to be perfect in size and scope. I fear my board-em level will be reached someday with Skyrim.

I would say though that if I had been a Final Fantasy kind of guy from the beginning Skyrim is leaps and bounds and a perfect game for those folks.

There is a lot of sh!t to do in this game. I like it because it so interactive with the environments. You don’t have to READ every thing. The people talk to you and the story is audible and not text. I hate that in the old RPG’s. Just to much reading, I’m dyslexic so go figure.

I don’t have a lot to do anymore since the kids are grown up so I actually have time. I screwed up oblivion and morowind because I didn’t have the time then. I have time now to learn this game.

It is actually very freaken cool!!! I spent the day on a quest today in an underground cave, thought I would never get out of there. It is a time consuming game. There are no quick situations that is for sure. And it is a kick in the pants when you on the hunt. Freaken cool!!!

I did not get the PS3. I did not have to get a hard-drive or Xbox live to play this.

I don't know what I am going to do in the future. When it all comes down to it, at the moment I am hunting down a bad guy or defending myself from dragons or villains, it is that moment that counts and not what platform I'm playing it on.

You said "great battle that will unfold like a politician sex scandal". I am just going to have to wait for the games to determine what I end up getting. Cause I think your right.

not sure if i remember what your situation is with trying to connect your console online, but can you use WiFi to get online?
^^if you don't have WiFi, get a WioFi router and you are good to go for a few months (providing you still have your 3 month Gold card/s)

the PS1, PS2, Nintendo and Xbox era was the best
this gen was more about venuring into new territories and other, and not the same as last gen
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the next consoles will be good, but will take the venturing of this gen and take it to nw heights
.
if it were up to me, i would force sony and MS to makes a gaming console and anything gaming related and nothing more....no netflix, no hulu, no apps..Nothing!
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still gonna end up getting 2 of the next consoles (Xbox 720 and PS4)
Wii-U not interested in it, OUYA not interested in it
The Steambox could be amazing and force MS and Sony to be non complacent and be more competitive and thus be a win-win for all gamers

the PS1, PS2, Nintendo and Xbox era was the best
this gen was more about venuring into new territories and other, and not the same as last gen
.
the next consoles will be good, but will take the venturing of this gen and take it to nw heights
.
if it were up to me, i would force sony and MS to makes a gaming console and anything gaming related and nothing more....no netflix, no hulu, no apps..Nothing!
.
still gonna end up getting 2 of the next consoles (Xbox 720 and PS4)
Wii-U not interested in it, OUYA not interested in it
The Steambox could be amazing and force MS and Sony to be non complacent and be more competitive and thus be a win-win for all gamers

As long as I can get a game complete on a disk. Any online stuff? Negatory Rubber Duck. Sounds like they are really going to head that way.

Did you hear about what the Syfy channel wants to do this next year? They want a series that takes place in St Louis and San Fransisco. The thing is, they will broadcast the tv show with real actors in St Louis. After the broadcast gamers will have the rest of the week to play that tv show but as gaming characters in San Fransisco. They are supposed to be in sink with eachother. So if and actor takes the train from St Louis to San Fransisco that actor will be a game character you can interact with in San Fransisco. That could be very catchy.